22dec2013
- Bitcoin, Magical Thinking, and Political Ideology
- Essay from Alex Payne using the Bitcoin experiment as an example of
how pioneering technologists want to ignore the social and economic
ramifications of their work. Lots of interesting links. I’m still
looking for a serious and comprehensive analysis of Bitcoin and the
economic assumtions it challenges.
- How the Bitcoin Protocol Actually Works
- Construction of the bitcoin protocol from the ground up focusing on
the double-spend problem.
- Indiana State Police Tracking Cellphones
- It’s not news that domestic law enforcement collects cellphone
data, but it’s alarming that a warrant isn’t required, and
furthermore there are no clear data retention and access policies.
- Designing for Exponential Trends of 2014
- Must read if you are a software or system designer. Many of the
suggestions apply more broadly than the consumer product space.
- Lessons from Org Structures
- It’s reorg time of year in the United States.
